HARWICH PACKETS REPORT, TIENTSIN C.E.F. CARD, HOSPITAL SHIP ...

Hammer

£360

HARWICH PACKETS REPORT, TIENTSIN C.E.F. CARD, HOSPITAL SHIP CARD, WWII POW CARD TO CHANGI, ETC.; c.1690-1945 mix inc. c.1690 m/s Report by "Mr. De Luzancy" (Vicar of Harwich and Government spy, it seems) about "ye pay of Chaplain to the sick & wounded seamen" giving details of the 3 Harwich Packet's seamen who "carry & re-carry the King's Male to & from Holland", 1807 EL ex Harwich ref. a "large force to be sent from there [Colchester] to the Baltic", 1904 PC from Tientsin to GB with India C.E.F. o.p. 1a Brown tied by fine "F.P.O. No.4" cds, 1915 PPC of Hospital Ship "Asturias" ("We arrived England this afternoon..."), July 1914 env. regd. to Palestine but with large "Wogen Kriegslage/zuruck" (held during the war) and 1920 London cds (6 years in transit!)1943 pair of envs. ex Canada with "H.M.S. HELDER" marks (Butlins Camp in Essex!), and fine 1944/45 pair of GB KGVI 3d POW PCs ex Colchester to POWs in "MALAYA" (endorsed "Recd. 12/5/45, Changi Jail precinct") or "FUKUOKA JAPAN". Good lot. (9 items)Cross Reference: ESSEX, INDIA, MILITARY - P.O.W. MAIL, MALAYA - STRAITS SETTLEMENTS